Telegram-herald., 1887-10-24

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.nsi ths push a8d satsrpriss q nalefAtE
ii her ci1zs1s azslnst ia Cd fogyisna -
Ihs fs~. SLnsgsh so0n esesll4s great s2d
EloFiss1 E-ssropolis. tie ei1y seiss foaFsssA
IA lss lonz, eight miiss side snd forss zl1
ulilss IA cireamfsrsnos. SIZE ais0 lad ssaA
around her 0ns hundred feet hlse
sna go thick that Mayor Daksptsh
sad two 0f cur attest si,isrnsn eoald driFs
their troltsrs. three abreast, gpon top d Il.
Bat ~hea the little baEg Of Babylon sos
started on . boom sns even Oustnpvea
Siasssh- From sheer Aa1dls she flashed
up into cigy 3. miles IN clrcuuisreaee,
inside u sails IS feet thick aud IS high as
Niasyah's. and waich had ioo b-Azsn gates
of satrancs ana sIit-sll With tri1m9asi
arches above them They we're even ahead
OF What = proposed tor the ne~ exposltion
banding oar fathers ussd 10 do things On
a grand scale. Every man pat his snoal-
der 70 the wheel. There vas no kicking
OYER the tracss-n0 growing whining or
holding back IN those older days
some Of the gO-ah cad folks Al
Ephssus said. "Let Us rush up
ap a temple IN honor Of Diana ~Hurrzh.
boysr Add that templs OF Dians has out
lived the ages. The supports TO the roof
were 40 feet high well up towards heaven)
and It took 100 years 10 complete the JOB;
but il vas done And those immortal Dyr-
amids Of Egypt went up in the same way.
Did Pharoah Just threw of his coat, hired
$4,000 men and set them Al work; and
what q miracle transpired? The largest one
Of these monuments Of mems power covers
II acres of around, is 45c feet high, the
stones it is composed OF are 90 feet IN
length, and there are aos layers of them. the
construction requiring mechanism that We
know not OF todai. Why talk Of the
booms Of the Wst as compared
with the booms ii the East in 'ye
olden times" They built Thebes. in
Egypt In few years and that
town. like Carthage. had circumferencs OF
nearly thirty miles-snd they would have
had forty had Il not been for . few old
fogies. Just think of these growths: Athens
was only twenty-five miles around, and had
nearly a million of population-S59.0 900 citi-
zens and 10000 slaves. The Temple OF
Delphus alone was 80 rich that Nero plum
dered il of nifty millions of dollars and car
red of 200 beautiful statues besides.
said Rome Dragged the loudest; and lied
about her senator's aud gladlators-vhich
she did; and the outer walls were only thir-
teen miles around
II sit in the lapse OF ages" sings Ella
Wheeler Wilcox in her latest poem. Is 1t
possible that Elias husband has grown so
old in two short years.
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VIII. J. Sproat, who for nearly three
years past has been connected with this
journal as 9 reporter, city editof aud night
editor, leaves the TxLEsRAx-HERALD den
today. Mr.. Sproat Is one of the most con-
scientious and hard-workiAg members of
the guild and I want to say that We ali
part with him with genuine regret. Mr..
sproat has several good offers from various
Journals, but before settling down to any
position will make . business visit to
Mansfield, D.
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There Is very little OF club gossip just
now. The Peninsular and the OWash-ta-
Nong are both thinning. The latter has
lust issued about the handsomest red
book" that has come to me for many long
day. 1t contains the constitution and by
laws together with the names of officers and
committees. and a complete roster of men,
bers, all beautifully printed and exquisitely
bound. There is no little work connected
with the proper management of . club and
its finances. / saw the round aud roseate
President Weston. putting like quarter
horse. the other day. and he told me he had
given up four whole days time in auditing
bills, etc, for the O-Wash-ta-Nongs.